Why not "Thorping" instead of "Wonging?"

[Halbruno]

I am currently reading Beat The Dealer. In the book Thorp mentions backcounting as a way to gain an edge in blackjack. So, why did Stanford Wong get credit for this strategy? He was not the first to come up with this idea.

[sagefr0g]

I am currently reading Beat The Dealer. In the book Thorp mentions backcounting as a way to gain an edge in blackjack. So, why did Stanford Wong get credit for this strategy? He was not the first to come up with this idea.

couldn't tell you.
but anyway the principle is probably as old as nature. example:
"Brown-headed cowbirds are one of the few species in world that never take care of their own young. Instead they lay their eggs in other birds nests and rely on the foster care of other species to raise their babies for them. Recent experiments confirm that brown-headed cowbirds "farm" their hosts — the act of removing other removing other bird's eggs from their nests so they can create opportunities for themselves to lay their eggs in that nest. This strategy not only makes room for cowbird eggs but also resets the biological clock of the host species to lay new eggs and raise the cowbird baby alongside its own!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0juLL2GXYNo

.edit: maybe Wong, wonged in on Thorpe and got his credit due, lol.

[bronco60]

If you read BTD closely Thorp presaged a lot of stuff. Wong got it because he popularized the idea. 'nuff said.

I don't think anybody would begrudge this of Wong, since he did so much original stuff in his newsletters and so forth in
the 70s/80s, and since he did credit Thorp originally as I recall.

[zengrifter]

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[Alvaro]

something similar happens with Schlesinger illustrious 18 indexes. Take a look at Griffins' TOB.

[Norm]

something similar happens with Schlesinger illustrious 18 indexes. Take a look at Griffins' TOB.

TOB ignores frequencies. Not the same thing.

[metronome]

Thorping vs. Wonging
one sounds like a symptom of a digestive disorder, the other well........

[Norm]

Thorping vs. Wonging
one sounds like a symptom of a digestive disorder, the other well........

If you want something named after yourself, have the good taste to pick parents with the right name. I failed at that.

[brh]

If you want something named after yourself, have the good taste to pick parents with the right name. I failed at that.

Like Wattenburging yourself ;-)

[sagefr0g]

Yes, like I wonged in on Malmuth and his brilliant technique became known as GRIFTER's Gambit.

Cowbirds are wongers = PARASITES (eg, like ticks, fleas, and ... card counters)
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cowbird6daykeith.jpg

not sure, but i think cowbirds used to follow herds of buffalo, eating their crap, probably just cows and the like now, lol.
wonging card counters? i guess i like the analogy, cherry pickers, ploppies eat unripe ones, don't give ehmm time to fully mature, so the cherry can't go to seed, but a few do go to seed sans wongers, ploppies eat them too, crap ehmm out and the casinos eat it. lol

[Halbruno]

You guys are all funny!